Wish List by Pearl Jam
from the album 'Yield'
transcribed by Pat Giles ([email protected])
Standard tuning - low to hi - EADGBE
Note: The lead guitar parts can be played several different ways on
various parts of the fretboard.
Chords:
: X32010
: X33211
: 320033
Tab notations:
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
= slide down
~ = hold/shake note
The basic rhythm for the verses is this:
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:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
:-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-0--3-3-3-3--3-3-0--2-2-0-0-2-2-0--
:-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
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I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
For fifty million hands upraised that open toward the sky
Fill 1:
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:-------------1--/3~---/5---------|
:-/5~------2--------------5~------|
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I wish I was a silhouette, someone who waited for me
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
I wish I was a messenger and all the news good
I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood
Interlude/Bridge:
:------8-7--/8-----/7--------|------8-7--/10-8-7-----/10-8-7-------|
:-8h10---------10-----10-5--|-8h10--------------10----------10-5-|
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:------8-7-----/8---8p7--------------8-----7------------------|
:-8h10--------------------10---8-----------------5~-----------|
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I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
Fill 3: (x2)
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:-9p7--9p7--9p7p5--7-/10~-----9~------7-|
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I wish I was a radio song, the one you could turn up
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish
I guess it never stops...